A joint meeting of NATTA Central and Palpa Chapter of NATTA on last Friday,11th March 2016 to focus on the promotion of tourism in the Palpa Region especially in view of the introduction of Paragliding in Palpa. Also, the meeting addressed on the issue, for the smooth immigration of Indian travelers willing to visit Nepal. 1st Vice President of NATTA Central Mr. C.N Pandey attended the meeting. The meeting was well attended by the executive committee and advisors of NATTA Palpa Chapter.
NATTA Western Regional Association, Pokhara hosted a week long FAM Trip to the Western part of the country. The trip had started from Pokhara and it passed through Nepalgunj—Bardia– Mahendranagar-Nainital-Nepalgunj and then back to Pokhara. The FAM Trip was organized to support and promote development of domestic tourism. The mission was very important as the Pokhara tourism stakeholders met and interacted on various tourism issues with the local entrepreneurs and NATTA Far Western Regional Association. The trip was flagged on by Mr. Dolraj Dhakal, Chief of Pokhara Tourism Office.
NATTA received an invitation to the opening ceremony of Inspire Nepal 2016, Business Forum and Expo at Hotel Yak & Yeti on 10th March 2016. The ceremony was inaugurated by Hon’ble Deputy Prime Minister Mr. Bijay Kumar Gachhadar. The program was addressed by Deputy Ambassador of U.S Embassy Nepal John Carwile, Former U.S Ambassador of Nepal Mr. Scott H. Delisi and other felicitators. “Inspire Nepal” is a platform for stake-holders and professionals of the private and public sectors to generate business, develop relationships, forge partnerships, gather knowledge and acquire expertise through creative interactions. It is a business exhibition to attend which offers opportunity, advice and information crucial for ongoing business entity through various conferences and entertaining networking activities. NATTA President Mr. Madhusudan Acharya, Treasurer Mr. Chitra Bahadur Gurung and Jt. Treasurer Mrs. Sabita Bhattarai K.C participated in the opening ceremony.
Hon’ble Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, Mr. Ananda Prasad Pokhrel graced his presence at NATTA Secretariat on 9th March 2016, Wednesday. President Mr. Madhu Sudan Acharya along with NATTA Executives welcomed Hon’ble Minister and expressed gratitude for his kind presence. Hon’ble Minister and Executives of NATTA had an interaction with each other on the matters which are being faced by tourism industry currently. On the interaction, President Mr. Madhu Sudan Acharya enlightened the issues on Classification of star hotels, Amendment in Tourism Act 2065, Terminal at Tribhuvan International Airport, CIP Lounge, Need of Tourist Bus Terminal, Renovation and decoration of cultural heritage sites, Monitoring of illegal operation of travel agencies, Fare Filing System (with the support of NATTA, NA, CAAN), Free Visa and Free Ticketing provision, MICE Tourism etc. President Acharya urged Hon’ble Minister to find amicable solutions on these issues for the betterment of tourism trade. Hon’ble Read More
A joint meeting of APJC and IATA & Aviation Committee was held at NATTA Secretariat on 8th March 2016, Tuesday in the chairmanship of Mr. Binay Basnet, Chairperson for the both committees. Several issues faced by IATA Accredited members were raised in the meeting. After several discussions, meeting with concluded with the following some of the solutions: To ease the IATA Payment, NATTA will request concerned banks to open for 1 extra hour on the IATA payment day. In addition, NATTA will request for the payment of IATA to be made online in coordination with IATA and concerned banks in further coming days. Also, meeting with BARN to be arranged soon regarding settling of IATA Weekly Remittances.
A joint meeting of APJC and IATA & Aviation Committee was held at NATTA Secretariat on 8th March 2016, Tuesday in the chairmanship of Mr. Binay Basnet, Chairperson for the both committees. Several issues faced by IATA Accredited members were raised in the meeting. After several discussions, meeting with concluded with the following some of the solutions: To ease the IATA Payment, NATTA will request concerned banks to open for 1 extra hour on the IATA payment day. In addition, NATTA will request for the payment of IATA to be made online in coordination with IATA and concerned banks in further coming days. Also, meeting with BARN to be arranged soon regarding settling of IATA Weekly Remittances.
In regard to the free visa and ticket provision given to outbound workers that came to effect from July 2015, local ticketing agencies have been exhibiting their resentment over it as they are likely to loose their ticketing business. Hence, a joint meeting with ticketing agents was held at NATTA Secretariat in the presence of NATTA Executives Mr. Chitra Bahadur Gurung, Treasurer, Mrs. Sabita Bhattarai K.C, Jt. Treasurer and Mr. Binay Basnet, Executive Member on 1st March 2016, Tuesday to brainstorm on the issue and find amicable solutions. After the discussions, the meeting then concluded with the agreement that, credits be given by agents to agents in Nepal. A mechanism has to be created for Credit Control through system.
5th AGM of NATTA Eastern Regional Association and the Election of new executive committee was held successfully at Hotel Eastern Star, Biratnagar on 25th February 2016. In the inaugural ceremony, President of NATTA Eastern Regional Association Mr. Hem Raj Bastola welcomed all the guests present at the meeting and also presented his annual report. Several guests were present at the meeting. Felicitators were Mr. Maya Prakash Bhatta, President of NATTA Far Western, Mr. Dilli Prasad Gautam, President of NATTA Western, Mr. Toyam Rai, CDO of the area, Mr. Himal C. Gautam, Eastern RegionalManager for NepalAirlines and so on. Eventually, Special Guest of the ceremony, President of NATTA Mr. Madhusudan Acharya responded to the queries raised by felicitators during the meeting. Mr. Acharya highlighted in the infrastructure and branding of country with the strengthening of technology. He also assured to work in cooperation with NATTA Eastern,Western and Far Western associations and Read More
After the series of meetings, NATTA family participated at the BTM Travel Trade Fair, Mainak Tourist Lodge Complex, Silliguri. The first Bengal Travel Mart 2016 inauguration was on 26th February 2016. The three-day event (26th– 28th February 2016) attempted to showcase the state as a prime destination for domestic and international tourists. The fair was organized by the State Tourism Department and North Bengal Development Department in association with Eastern Himalaya Travel and Tour Operators' Association. NATTA Central Committee was represented by Joint Treasurer, Mrs. Sabita Bhattarai K.C and Executive Member Mr. Varun Mehta at the event. A total of 92 travel agents from Nepal including NATTA Western Regional Association (Pokhara), NATTA Eastern Regional Association (Kakadvitta), Bhutan and Bangladesh were participating in the event. NATTA was one of the Associate Partners of the event.
A meeting of NATTA Delegation was held with President of Bankers Association of Nepal, Mr. Upendra Poudel on 23rd February 2016 at his office, in NMB Bank, Babarmahal. On behalf of NATTA, Mr. Binay Basnet, Chairperson of NATTA IATA and Aviation Committee had put up several issues faced by NATTA IATA Accredited members in the course of settling their IATA weekly remittances. Mr. C.N Pandey, 1st V.P and Mr. Chitra Bahadur Gurung, Treasurer also added a few more issues for prompt solution. In response, President Poudel has assured that he would positively look into the problems and will coordinate with concerned banks to find an amicable solution as well as he will all his best possible to ease IATA remittance procedure in the days to come.
Home-stay Association of Nepal (HOSAN) organized its three-day long national convention in Amaltari of the Nawalparasi district. Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Ananda Prasad Pokharel inaugurated the First HOSAN National Convention. The national meet was organized on February 19, 20 and 21 with an objective to further systematize the home-stay services as more domestic and foreign tourists have been attracted towards this business. At the programme, NATTA 1st Vice President Mr. C.N Pandey, TAAN President Mr. Chandra Rijal, Senior Director of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Mr. Santosh Mani Nepal, Nepal Tourism Board Member Mr. Purna Kunwar, President of Nepal Tourism Journalists Forum Mr. Bidrohi Giri and President of the Amaltari Homestay, Mr. Prem Shankar Mardaniya Tharu, among others spoke on the importance of homestay tourism. Altogether 250 delegates from 150 homestay services operated by 70 private and 80 community initiatives from 31 districts are participating in the Read More
Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) convened a joint-meeting with newly elected NATTA Executive Committee on Thursday, 18th February 2016 at Arc Meeting Room of Hotel Annapurna, Durbar Marg, Kathmandu. The meeting was well attended by the Managing Director, Mr. Sugat Ratna Kansakar and other Directors of the corporation including the Corporate Director Mr. Ram Hari Sharma and Commercial Director CA Mr. Janak Raj Kalakheti. The NATTA Executive Committee was accorded a warm welcome by the Managing Director of NAC and other officials present. Speaking on the occasion Managing Director Mr. Kansakar said that it has been a long practiced tradition at NAC to welcome and Greet the new NATTA Executive Committee. It is in this joint meeting that we formulate our future activities to be carried out together for the betterment of the travel fraternity, he said and added that NAC was now set forth to add two additional wide-bodied aircrafts Read More
NATTA's new Membership Directory is due to get published latest by mid March 2016 this year. Directory will have the total circulation of 5000 copies and will be made available to all the NATTA Members, Airlines, Hotels, Corporate Houses all over the country and Travel and Tour related National and International associations including UFTAA/JATA/TAAI/MATTA/NATAS/ABTA/IATA/TTAA etc. NATTA Members are requested to provide your company details to be published in the NATTA Membership Directory - 2016 by filling up the Company Profile Form. Also, for putting up the advertisement of your company in the NATTA Membership Directory-2016, you are kindly requested to contact NATTA Secretariat. Click Here to fill up the Company Profile Form
The 9th Convention and 21st AGM of NATTA Western Regional Association was held on 9th February 2016 at Hotel Barahi, Pokhara, Lakeside. The program kicked off with the grand inaugural ceremony. Chief Guest for the program was the Military attaché from Embassy of the People’s Republic of China. Speaking on the occasion, he said that the name NATTA itself has been quiet meaningful to promote Nepalese Tourism as NATTA enshrines both Nature and Adventure. NATTA Central President Mr. Madhu Sudan Acharya focused that the stakeholders of tourism should have a clear vision in regard to their objective of promoting tourism. Whether this promotion should target the increased number of visitors or increased revenue, he said. Other speakers on the occasion were the Chairman of Pokhara Tourism Recovery Committee, Mr. Ganesh Bhattarai and the outgoing President Mr. Pom Narayan Shrestha. After the inaugural session, the program went through the closed session Read More
TAAN organized a felicitation program on Thursday, 4th February in honor of the newly elected executive committee of NATTA at TAAN Secretariat, Maligaun. TAAN President Mr. Chandra Prasad Rijal welcomed NATTA President Madhu Sudan Acharya and other executive members.
Mr. Madhu Sudan Acharya, President of NATTA, was invited by UFTAA President Mr. Sunil Kumar to join UFTAA Board Meeting which was held in New Delhi on 29-30 January, 2016. Addressing the meeting President Acharya apprised the dignitaries about Nepal’s current status of tourism and the promotional plans. He also expressed NATTA’s critical opinions regarding the inconsistency of functioning of APJC in Nepal . He suggested that such meetings of the regional NTA’s should be held every two months in rotation so that the stakeholders in neighborhood can have a fair knowledge of the happenings in each other’s country. This, he said, would also promote mutual understanding and co-operation in promoting regional tourism. Also present in the meeting were executives from TAAI. The meeting primarily focused on the agenda of consolidating the regional participation in UFTAA besides the other agenda that included IATA issues and the efforts of Nepal in Read More
President Mr. Madhu Sudan Acharya on an invitation participated in a meeting convened by Legislative Parliament on 26th January 2016 to discuss and provide the input to the government in regard to the existing rules regarding trekking activities in the restricted areas including Climbing Royalty and Trekking Permit Fee. The meeting couldn’t draw any conclusive decision as the real stakeholders were not invited in the meeting. A separate committee was suggested to look into the issue and report the government. The committee included: department of immigration, Ministry of Home Affairs, Trekking Agencies Associaton of Nepal (TAAN), Nepal Association of Tour & Travel Agents (NATTA) and Nepal Mountaineering Association (NMA).
NATTA President Mr. Madhu Sudan Acharya and 2nd VP Mr. D.K Sharma along with the CEO Prof. Dr. Hari Sarmah participated in the Declaration of NAC’s Three Year Planning on 25th January 2016. The program was held in the auditorium of Nepal Tourism Board and was graced by Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Hon’ble Anand Prasad Pokhrel, State Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Hon’ble Bal Bahadur Mahat and the then Tourism Secretary Mr. Dinesh Kumar Thapaliya. Mr. Sugat Ratna Kansakar shed light on the Three Year Planning of NAC which was well-received by the tourism stakeholders. Mr. Madhu Sudan Acharya, President NATTA suggested a few points which were missing in the planning. President Acharya suggested that NAC should take into account the idea of code sharing plan, Interline plan, Regional Airport Operation Plan and Cargo Division Restructure Plan. These suggestions Read More
The 52nd Annual General Meeting (AGM) & the Election of NATTA’s new Executive Committee was held on Sunday, the 17th January, 2016 at Hotel Yak & Yeti, Kathmandu. The Chief Guest of the Inaugural Session was Mr. Dinesh Thapaliya, Secretary of Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation (MoCTCA). Speaking at the session, Mr. Thapaliya secretary said that his ministry has already prepared final procurement and business plan and will forward it to the Ministry of Finance (MoF) very soon. Mr. Thapaliya, who is also the chairman of the national flag carrier, said that the ministry was also coming up with two-year work plan for strengthening NAC within 10 days. "We are in the process of making a detailed work plan for each month for the next two year with an objective to provide effective services," Thaplaiya said. The ministry has been working to acquire at least two wide-body aircraft Read More
NEPAL ASSOCIATION OF TOUR & TRAVEL AGENTS (NATTA) All Valuable NATTA Members, NOTICE REGARDING 52nd ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING AND ELECTION OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE The 52nd AGM of Nepal Association of Tour and Travel Agents (NATTA) has been slated for Sunday, the 17th January 2016 as per the given schedule and details: (A) Inaugural Session Date: 17th January 2016 (corresponding to Magh the 3rd 2072) Venue: Hotel Yak & Yeti, Durbar Marg Time: 8:30 am – 10 am: Inaugural Ceremony (Invitees and All NATTA Members) 10:10 am – 10:30 am: High Tea (B) Program and Agendas on Annual General Meeting Time: Commencement on NATTA's 52nd Annual General Meeting from 10:30 am (All Members) 1) Inauguration of 52nd AGM 2) Welcome Speech by NATTA President 3) Annual Report by NATTA Secretary General 4) Annual Report by NATTA Treasurer a) Audit Report (F/Y 2071-2072 B.S) b) Read More
